英语词汇“segment”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	segment
释义	seg·ment I. \ˈsegmənt\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Latin segmentum, from secare to cut + -mentum -ment — more at saw 1. a. : a piece or separate fragment of something : portion < chopped off the segment of the line closest to the open hatch — Wirt Williams > < surgeon must remove the affected segment of the bowel — Greer Williams > < ores of commercial value … are found in segments of varying length — American Guide Series: Nevada > b. (1) : a portion cut off from a geometrical figure by a line or plane; especially : the part of a circular area bounded by a chord and an arc of that circle or so much of the area as is cut off by the chord (2) : the part of a sphere cut off by a plane or included between two parallel planes (3) : the finite part of a line between two points in the line c. : a portion of an act of speech; especially : a minimal portion consisting of an item of spoken language that is known as a vowel or a consonant — compare suprasegmental 2. a. : one of the constituent parts into which a body, entity, or quantity is or may be divided : section, division < the canning of juices and segments — Newsweek > < calyx of five segments, very deeply cleft — F.E.Hulme > < the concept of fairness toward every segment of the economy — Nation's Business > < the natural gas industry is split into three major segments: producers, pipeliners, and distributors — Walter Goodman > < the segments of a tribe have the same characteristics as a tribe — Audrey Butt > b. : loop 4a 3. a. : a piece or casting (as of a sectional flywheel) in the form of the segment or sometimes the sector of a circle or part of a ring b. : segment gear c. : a segmental arch Synonyms: see part II. \ˈsegˌment\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to cause to undergo segmentation by division or multiplication of cells < the new cells which are successively segmented off from the terminal cell — T.H.Huxley & H.N.Martin > 2. : to separate into segments < the first criteria are linguistic and are used to segment the poem into manageable units — W.E.Bull > < provides a thoroughness and consistency of instruction lacking in a segmented course of study — J.R.Butler > < the clams are segmented into lineages — Audrey Butt > < the strategy of the police … was to keep the demonstration segmented and disorganized — New York Times >
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